Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach is a full-time professor at Pforzheim University. He founded the Display Lab, which focuses on applied R&D on displays: Optical measurements, image processing algorithms, driving electronics, and evaluation. The activities of Karlheinz and his team resulted in numerous projects related to electronic displays and LEDs funded by the government and industry as well as publications, patents, talks, and workshops. He is vice-chair “AUTOMOTIVE/VEHICULAR DISPLAYS AND HMI TECHNOLOGIES” of the Society for Information Display (SID, www.sid.org), chairman of the German Flat Panel Forum (DFF, www.displayforum.de) and the “Electronic Displays Conference” (www.electronic-displays.de).

The Display Lab of Pforzheim University was founded in 1997 by Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach. We provide R&D partnership and experience in displays from evaluation, optimization, measurement, and display driving (interfacing). Other competencies are touch and gesture systems. Our work resulted in numerous projects funded by the government and industry. Pforzheim University is one of the largest of its kind in Southern Germany. We offer numerous study programs for bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as two collaborative PhD programs. Our focus is interdisciplinary and know-how transfer to industry.